about us...
Komachi Goto. www.komachi.co.uk
I paint and draw whatever had caught my attention, and I want to know behind the scene of the stories.
I am looking for that invisible background and the history of the subjects that intrigued me.
I paint and draw whatever had caught my attention, and I want to know behind the scene of the stories.
I am looking for that invisible background and the history of the subjects that intrigued me.
Marcin Krupa. www.marcinkrupa.co.uk/
Specialising in painting, drawing and sculpting the human figure, I aim to challenge social norms and taboo around nudity, sexuality and the ideal body presented in contemporary culture. By representing diverse people and body types, my work not only promotes body positivity but creates space for freedom, comfort and a deeper respect for human nature.
I draw from life using nude models however, rather than use the models as objects or muses, we work together collaboratively to decide on the position and pose. This process is an important aspect of the work which treats the model not just as a figurative object but as a co-creator with equal value.
Specialising in painting, drawing and sculpting the human figure, I aim to challenge social norms and taboo around nudity, sexuality and the ideal body presented in contemporary culture. By representing diverse people and body types, my work not only promotes body positivity but creates space for freedom, comfort and a deeper respect for human nature.
I draw from life using nude models however, rather than use the models as objects or muses, we work together collaboratively to decide on the position and pose. This process is an important aspect of the work which treats the model not just as a figurative object but as a co-creator with equal value.
Paul Mowat. www.paulmowat.com
Although the subject matter might be straight forward enough, landscapes, portraits: interior spaces: there is an otherness and pathos in the paintings of Paul Mowat that suggest something else is going on. The source material, for one thing, is never singular. The landscapes might draw on memory, the portraits imagined and the interiors based on dreams and observation before intuition kicks in. Literature informs the work as do films, journeys and overheard conversations. Then theres the personal, the day to day, the self in the portrait, The stuff of life.
He works often and prolifically, sometimes painting over images started years earlier, sanding down canvases and boards and merging time in works whose initial meaning becomes lost or altered. Like our memories, the source becomes unreliable. The works, in oil with acrylic or ink underpainting is layered over time: imagery often repeated and manipulated in series until something suggests itself and becomes apparent. The relationship between genres is clear in the control of the lighting and the atmosphere created in the many layers of paint. His studio in Leith allows him to keep up a practice of long walks before and after painting. The interest in psychogeography has always fascinated the artist but its the losing of oneself in places known, that prepares and distils the painting practice and this is an essential part of the work.
Paul Mowat was born in Edinburgh, studied at Edinburgh College of Art, where he taught for many years on a part time basis. He runs the Landscape course at Leith School of Art.
Although the subject matter might be straight forward enough, landscapes, portraits: interior spaces: there is an otherness and pathos in the paintings of Paul Mowat that suggest something else is going on. The source material, for one thing, is never singular. The landscapes might draw on memory, the portraits imagined and the interiors based on dreams and observation before intuition kicks in. Literature informs the work as do films, journeys and overheard conversations. Then theres the personal, the day to day, the self in the portrait, The stuff of life.
He works often and prolifically, sometimes painting over images started years earlier, sanding down canvases and boards and merging time in works whose initial meaning becomes lost or altered. Like our memories, the source becomes unreliable. The works, in oil with acrylic or ink underpainting is layered over time: imagery often repeated and manipulated in series until something suggests itself and becomes apparent. The relationship between genres is clear in the control of the lighting and the atmosphere created in the many layers of paint. His studio in Leith allows him to keep up a practice of long walks before and after painting. The interest in psychogeography has always fascinated the artist but its the losing of oneself in places known, that prepares and distils the painting practice and this is an essential part of the work.
Paul Mowat was born in Edinburgh, studied at Edinburgh College of Art, where he taught for many years on a part time basis. He runs the Landscape course at Leith School of Art.
